SINGAPORE: Rise of the Reds

When outspokenly anti-Communist Lim Yew
Hock took over as Singapore's chief minister nearly two years ago, many
of the colony's more responsible citizens thought the worst was over.
Chief Minister Lim moved firmly to break up Communist infiltration of
Singapore's Chinese middle schools, responded to a wave of Red-inspired
riots by jailing a hot-eyed Communist agitator named Lim Chin Siong.

But though Lim Chin Siong is still lodged behind the towering grey walls
of Changi prison, his colleagues on the outside are still working
untiringly to build up popular support for his People's Action Party.
"Singapore," said a Western diplomat recently,...